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Abstract
Emily Walton
I develop a series of three related studies in my dissertation which investigate the effects of geographic place on health. First, I use multilevel modeling to assess the effects of metropolitan area residential segregation on birth outcomes among Asian and Latino Americans, using census-derived measures of spatial proximity and residential isolation. Second, I use spatial analysis to define and quantify ethnic cluster patterns in large metropolitan areas across the United States, providing insight into whether Asian and Latino Americans are conforming to the classic spatial assimilation hypothesis in which second and later generations live in racially integrated neighborhoods with mainstream Americans. Finally, in the third study, employing the spatial definitions of ethnic clusters from the previous study, I empirically test the ways in which community structural and social resources account for any advantages or disadvantages of living primarily with others of one’s own ethnicity. |
